Bangladesh War Crimes

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  Pak Protest On War Crimes Trial Led To SAARC Boycott: Sheikh Hasina

  Terming Pakistan a "defeated force", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Islamabad's protests over recent execution of a 1971 war crimes convict prompted Bangladesh to pull out of the SAARC Summit.

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  Bangladesh Jamaat Leader Loses Final Appeal Against Execution For 1971 War Crimes

  Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.

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  Bangladesh Set To Execute Top Jamaat Leader For War Crimes

  Bangladesh is set to hang fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

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  Bangladesh Upholds Death Penalty For Jamaat Leader For 1971 War Crimes

  Bangladesh's Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence imposed on leading opposition politician Mir Quasem Ali for crimes including murder and torture committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.

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  Bangladesh Opposition Leaders on Death Row Seek Presidential Pardon

  In a last-ditch effort, two top Bangladeshi opposition leaders, set to be executed soon for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, today sought presidential clemency.

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  Another Jamaat-e-Islami Leader Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh

  A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced an Islamist party leader to death today after convicting him of atrocities committed during a 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

• Bangladesh Ex-Minister Sentenced to Hang for Genocide

  Bangladesh's war crimes court today sentenced a former government minister to hang for rape and genocide during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

• Bangladesh Islamist Leader Convicted of War Crimes for 90 Years Dies

  A Bangladeshi Islamist party leader serving 90 years in prison for crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence has died, a doctor said.

• Second Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Bangladesh charged with 1971 war crimes

  A Bangladesh court today slapped six war crime charges, including genocide, against a senior leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, a day after the party's second-highest ranked official was sentenced to death for atrocities during the country's 1971 war of independence.

• 90-year-old Ghulam Azam found guilty of Bangladesh war crimes

  A special Bangladeshi court today sentenced an elderly top Islamist to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.

• Bangladesh shut down awaiting war crimes verdict today

  Thousands of security officials are patrolling the streets of Bangladesh's capital as a war crimes tribunal is set to deliver a verdict against a former Islamic party leader.

• Bangladesh Islamic politician sentenced to death

  A Bangladesh tribunal convicted a top Islamic party politician Thursday of atrocities stemming from the nation's 1971 independence war and sentenced him to death.

• War-scarred Bangladesh torn by new tensions

  When Bangladesh set up a war crimes court in 2010, its stated aim was to heal the wounds from the nation's traumatic birth.

• Bangladesh moves Supreme Court demanding death penalty to Abdul Quader Mollah

  Bangladesh government today moved the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, who escaped with life imprisonment from a court here for committing "crimes against humanity" during the country's independence war in 1971.

• Death toll in Bangladesh war crimes clashes rises to 53

  The number of people killed in clashes in Bangladesh over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes rose to 53 on Friday, as fresh outbursts of violence erupted.